An unusual etiology of bilateral pulmonary nodules: Another challenge of hide and seek

An elderly gentleman presented with bilateral pulmonary nodules found incidentally during the workup of acute pancreatitis. He did not have any respiratory or urogenital symptoms. A biopsy of the lung nodule revealed myxoid mesenchymal neoplasm of extraosseous origin. As the patient was asymptomatic...

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Published in:Respiratory medicine case reports 2021-01, Vol.34, p.101482, Article 101482
Main Authors: Elarabi, Anam M., Hussein, Mousa, Aladab, Aisha
Format: Article
Language:English
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Case Report
Extraskeletal chondrosarcoma
Penile tumor
Pulmonary metastases
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Summary:An elderly gentleman presented with bilateral pulmonary nodules found incidentally during the workup of acute pancreatitis. He did not have any respiratory or urogenital symptoms. A biopsy of the lung nodule revealed myxoid mesenchymal neoplasm of extraosseous origin. As the patient was asymptomatic, only the increased uptake in the penile shaft base on the whole-body PET-CT study yielded a diagnosis of primary penile chondrosarcoma after biopsy. A rare presentation of chondrosarcoma in an elderly gentleman highlighting the importance of obtaining a histopathological specimen, as the prognosis of metastatic diseases is widely variable.
ISSN:2213-0071
2213-0071
DOI:10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101482